Dealmaking 3.0
Aug. 13th, 2007 02:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
proggrrlA glimpse of the future, from Variety:
A host of rights to "Tony Bennett: The Music Never Ends," a docu about the legendary American singer, have been sold to television and homevid. Clint Eastwood-produced doc features Eastwood interviewing Bennett and jamming with him.Clint Eastwood, PBS, Target, Warner Home Video...and Netflix? That has gotta be some kind of record. *mind boggles*PBS has bought the first television window for its WNET-produced "American Masters" series, while an exclusive deal has been signed to sell the DVD at Target stores. Warner Home Video also will release a special two-disc version of the film.
Pic, the first project financed and produced by Netflix's Red Envelope Entertainment banner (Daily Variety, Feb. 17), also will be available for rental and onscreen viewing at Netflix at the same time as the Target release.
The "American Masters" series, which has aired docs about Bob Dylan and other musical icons, will debut the pic on Sept. 12, with the DVD of the movie sold exclusively at Target beginning Sept. 25.
